Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 02 Mar 2026 PST
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.4° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 7PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)--
Afternoon (02 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (02 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1
W
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1.2
NW
1.7
NW
2
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)999888877766666666678889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19622421419618514811387831111007811199866188191305475567689699950
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
30
NW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NNW
15
N
10
N
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26PM
1.34
9:54AM
1.55
10:54PM
1.40
10:40AM
1.43
11:22PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:58PM
-0.21
3:57AM
0.38
4:30PM
-0.09
4:43AM
0.30
4:59PM
0.07
5:29AM
0.25
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise------6:35-------6:33-------6:33-
Sunset-6:01-------6:02-------6:04------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141413131312121415141213121212131413121111101011
Feels °C (?)121211121210101112119119981196435778
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